Portal Talk:Coal Issues

Please add the issue of coal fires to this discussion. There are many natural and man-made coal fires burning out of control around the globe. These are a major source of CO2s. In China alone, the fires are estimated to produce as much CO2 as all the vehicles in North America. In the US, a Pennsylvanian town has been abandoned due to the fires burning under it. Awareness needs to be raised and finding a way to extinguish them should be a global priority.

This site has considerable information: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash/coalfires/india.html

A bit more on coal fires: http://burycoal.com/blog/2010/02/10/coal-fires/

Here is a possible map that could provide a global interface: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BlankMap-World.png

According to Wikipedia, this make can be used "for making country locator maps."

Here is a version with country borders drawn: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:BlankMap-World-Borders.png

Here is a more comprehensive treatment of Wikipedia blank maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blank_maps#SVG_format_World_Maps

Here is the WikiProjects Maps page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps

Here is a page for "clickable maps": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_geographic_imagemaps

Here is a world map that lets you click to regions (US, Canada, Africa, etc.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:World_image_map#United_States

BuryCoal

One group blog that may be of interest to people is BuryCoal.com. It is aiming to make the case for leaving coal underground, along with unconventional oil and gas. I would post a link myself but, as the editor of the site, I don't want to inappropriately promote it.

It is a group blog, and we are always looking for contributions. --Ilnyckyj 17:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)